IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JUNE 17, 2012
RELATIONAL LOVE
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth. 2Thessalonians 1:1-3
The Christian Church is meant to be relational. We are to pray for one another, and love is to flow from breast to breast. We must have care and concern for our brethren, thanking God for our friends and their faith.
In this church in Thessalonica, the charity of every one for the other abounded. What do you think this looked like? Surely, anyone in need was ministered to with substance. If one was hungry, they were fed. If one was homeless, they were sheltered. This is the obvious demonstration of charity. But we can also minister to emotional needs by showing charity to the outcast, the lonely, the diseased, the widowed, the elderly. Yes, the Christian Church is relational. We must love people. We must open our hearts and souls and homes and churches to the brethren as we dare to enter into relational love.
Today, let us love one another.
